 APR, Fellow PRSA
CEO/President
Sandy is recognized for her development and execution of innovative, successful and creative strategies. She has superb media contacts locally, nationally and internationally, and has developed many long-term relationships with members of political, business and community power structures.
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After four years as vice president/public relations director with W.B. Doner & Co., Sandy decided to open her own consulting firm in 1985. She was formerly with Continental Public Relations, the PR arm of Foster Advertising, Toronto.
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Sandy has extensive PR experience with radio and television; corporate, retail, government, healthcare, real estate and financial sectors; major fund-raising and political campaigns; and employee communications programs in the United States and Canada. A frequent speaker and lecturer, Sandy has published various articles on public relations and marketing.
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In 1994, Sandy was named a member of the College of Fellows, the highest honor in the Public Relations Society of America and in the profession. One of the 29 nationwide founders of the Council of PR Firms, she is a member of their board. She is an accredited member of PRSA and an active member of the Counselors Academy, where she has served on the board in various capacities since 1996. In 2000, she chaired "The Changing Dynamics of Leadership" conference in Tucson, Arizona. She is a past president of Detroit Counselors Academy and a past vice president/public relations of Women In Communications. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Detroit and serves on the scholarship committee; she has also chaired sustaining membership.
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Sandy is a board member and on the Executive Committee of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit and Gilda's Club. She also is a former board member of Music Hall, and the board of advisors of University of Detroit/Mercy College of Business Administration.
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Her honors include the Top 10 1998 Women Business Owners of Distinction Award presented by the National Association of Women Business Owners, Greater Detroit Chapter. She received the Athena Award in 1996, which is presented annually by the Farmington/Farmington Hills Chamber of Commerce in recognition of business, professional and community services. She has been a guest at the White House, participating in a small business forum.
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Sandy graduated from The Ohio State University with a bacheloršs degree in journalism, specializing in public relations. She has also earned a certificate from the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, completing a course in strategic leadership for public relations executives. An avid Buckeye fan, she serves as Chair of the Presidents Club at the University, is active in their development program and leads the Strategic Communications Committee. Sandy is recipient of the coveted Gerlach Award, the highest recognition of volunteerism at the University.
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Sandy and her husband Michael have a son Jeff and daughter-in-law Jungwon. They also have a dachshund named Bertie.
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